
Mar 11, 2024
SUBLIME Energie secures €11.5M to massively deploy biogas liquefaction
Biogas News
Mar 11, 2024
OptiFuel Systems (OptiFuel) will begin testing a prototype 5600 hp Total-Zero™ Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Line Haul Locomotive and 2500 hp Total-Zero™ Powered Tender with 7,500 DGE (diesel gallon equivalent) capacity, in January next year.
The RNG-powered line haul locomotive produces 5100 hp of continuous power from zero emission Cummins RNG engines using OptiFuel’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 7, 2024
Hartree Partners (UK) Limited (Hartree), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hartree Partners LP, which is co-owned by its partners and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, has signed an acquisition agreement for a 50% share in Botres Holding GmbH and its subsidiaries (Botres).
Headquartered in Graz, Austria, Botres is a key supplier of industrial biogas plants and biorefineries... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 6, 2024
ENGIE has announced the completion of its acquisition of the award-winning Rainbarrow Farm anaerobic digestion (AD) facility located in Dorset in South West England.
With an annual operational capacity of 57 GWh, this AD facility has been providing renewable energy to the local community for over a decade.
Following last September's announcement of the acquisition of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 6, 2024
Infravia Capital Partners has incorporated Heygaz Biomethane (Heygaz), a Pan-European renewable natural gas platform, to address the European renewable natural gas market opportunity and to leverage on the increasing needs of a broad range of industries and transportation customers for carbon-neutral gas as a decarbonisation tool.
Heygaz has been set up through the carve-out... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 5, 2024
Nordic energy company Gasum and power-to-gas developer Nordic Ren-Gas have signed a Letter of Intent whereby the parties will negotiate on an offtake agreement for the entire anticipated production of Nordic Ren-Gas’s e-methane plant projects in the Finnish cities of Lahti and Kotka.
If an agreement is reached, Gasum will purchase all e-methane produced at the plants... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 4, 2024
Gasum has announced it will open a new filling station in Vänersborg, Sweden later this month. The station is the product of a collaboration with logistics company Centralen, and is Gasum's 23rd in Sweden.
Due to open on 11 March, the Vänersborg facility will serve both heavy-duty vehicles and passenger cars with liquefied and compressed biogas (LBG/CBG) and natural... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 1, 2024
French sugar maker Cristal Union will take a 10% stake in TotalEnergies' biogas unit in BioNorrois, France, which is due to be launched later this year.
BioNorrois will produce nearly 100 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year at launch, and reach a maximum capacity of 153 GWh per year.
The unit will utilise sugar beet residue from one of Cristal Union's factories.
Cristal Union,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 28, 2024
CycleØ Group Limited (CycleØ) has acquired Biogasclean, a leading Danish supplier of biological methanation and desulphurisation systems.
A prominent, pan-European biomethane platform, CycleØ develops, builds, owns and operates renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in Europe and Latin America.
The company's biological methanation technology is proven at scale as an... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 28, 2024
Naturgy improved its EBITDA in 2023 to €5,475 million (+11%) and recorded a net profit of €1.986 billion (+20%) last year.
The networks business obtained an EBITDA of €2,638 million (+7%) and the deregulated businesses, €2.949 billion (+15%).
Some 90% of the investment was directed at energy transition projects - €1.73 billion went to renewable energy generation,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 28, 2024
Woodside has signed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) for the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Korea.
The SPA provides for the supply of approximately 0.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG for a period of 10.5 years on a delivered basis, commencing in 2026 subject to customary conditions precedent.
LNG delivered... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 27, 2024
Finnish biogas producer Suomen Lantakaasu Oy, a joint venture between Valio and St1, has finalised its acquisition of the majority of shareholding of Nurmon Bioenergia Oy. The deal was completed with Heikas Oy and other small shareholders.
Atria Finland Ltd. will continue as a minority shareholder in the company.
An industrial-scale liquefied biogas production plant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 26, 2024
Injecting biomethane in gas grids today can be a cumbersome process in many European countries. This hinders market access for the main renewable gas available today.
However, the current status is set to change thanks to the new Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Package.
If implemented correctly, the new set of measures will soon remove barriers to injection and unlock... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 23, 2024
Last month, TotalEnergies commissioned the BioBéarn biogas production unit in Mourenx in the south-west of France. The facility has an annual production capacity of 160 gigawatt hours (GWh).
BioBéarn has been built on a 7-hectare former brownfield site in the center of the Lacq basin and represents TotalEnergies' 18th biogas production unit in France.
The unit will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 23, 2024
Shell expects growth in German biomethane markets where its client base seeks decarbonised energy, and its fossil fuels activities could be transformed to support future profitability from a high-value segment,
Sonja Mueller-Dib, managing director of Shell Energy Deutschland, said the company is planning two biomethane plants at Karstaedt and Steinfeld.
This has the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 22, 2024
EnviTec has become the exclusive technology partner for Regazz BC, a young project development company specialising in sustainable biogas solutions.
The two companies recently signed a cooperation agreement, making the strategic partnership official.
Based in Oisterwijk, Netherlands, the company has several other ongoing partnerships, such as with Amsterdam-based Nordsol... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 22, 2024
IVECO BUS has established a new collaboration for more sustainable mobility in Athens, Greece.
The Greek Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has chosen IVECO BUS for its URBANWAY CNG articulated model.
This bus is powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and is compatible with biomethane.
A total of 100 URBANWAY CNG buses will be delivered by the end of the year... [Read More]